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Notes

IB Assessment Statements

Rutherford Chapter 15

Atmospheric Structure

5.6.1 Outline the overall structure and composition of the atmosphere

5.6.2 Describe the role of ozone in the absorption of ultraviolet radiation

Issues with Ozone

5.6.3 Explain the interaction between ozone and halogenated organic gasses

5.6.4 State the effects of ultraviolet radiation on living tissues and biological productivity

5.6.5 Describe three methods of reducing the manufacture and release of ozone-depleting substances

5.6.6 Describe and evaluate the role of national and international organizations in reducing the emissions of ozone-depleting substances

5.7.1 State the source and outline the effect of tropospheric ozone

Issues with Urban Air Pollution

5.7.2 Outline the formation of photochemical smog

5.7.3 Describe and evaluate pollution management strategies for urban air pollution

5.8.1 Outline the chemistry leading to the formation of acidific precipitations.

5.8.2 Describe​ three possible effects of acid deposition on soil, water, and living organisms

5.8.3 Explain why the effect of acid deposition is regional rather than global

5.8.4 Describe and evaluate pollution management strategies for acid deposition

Resources

Atmospheric Science

Interactive Layers of the Atmosphere
Ineractive Atmosphere
NASA Mapping Wind Currents

Air Pollution

Clean Air Act @ The EPA
Air Attack
Interactive Ozone Maker
Live Houston Ozone Levels
Sick Building Syndrome

Smog

Smog City
Photochemical Smog
Heat Island Effect
Heat Island Effect @ EPA
Houston's Smog Problem

In Beijing

Visualization of the Smog
Pollutants in our air

Indoor Air Pollution

Indoor Air Pollution
Energy Poverty Kills

ENSO

El Nino & La Nina
La Nina linked to Influenza

Hole in the Ozone

How Ozone Works
Impacts of Ozone on Animals
NOAA's History of the Montreal Protocol

Assignments